Category Archives: Challenges

Meet the Enemy Part 7: Taking Stock

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the last installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 6: Harboring

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the sixth installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 5: Combat

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the fifth installment in a  weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 3: Recognition

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the third installment of a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 2: Habitat

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the second installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 1: Taking Stock

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the first installment of a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Being Doing Dishes

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Adena Atkins

We need to be–as much as possible. This experience is the basic material and medium of art. Plus, if I can look beyond the art obsession for two seconds, this is what life is. It’s living. Meditation helps. Practicing embodiment … Continue reading →

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Longing and Frustration

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Adena Atkins

If you’d like a good picture of where you are and where you are headed, first, complete this sentence, over and over again until you are exhausted: What frustrates me is… For example: I’m frustrated by technology. I’m frustrated that … Continue reading →

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Practicing Embodiment

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Adena Atkins

I’ve been wanting to bring more presence into my life–more and more, embodiment seems key to an art full life. I already have a meditation routine and I don’t want to overwhelm my mornings, so this month, I’ll try out … Continue reading →

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Cash Over Cards

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Like many artists, my relationship with money is often a source of stress. The shifting economy brings this forward for me. I’ve been thinking of simple ways to improve how I use money and one such way is to primarily … Continue reading →

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